Mrs. Martin L. Johnson photographic collection on the Portland Fire Department circa 1894-1908

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Mrs. Martin L. Johnson photographic collection on the Portland Fire Department circa 1894-1908

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8 black and white photographs, ca. 1894-1908, of Portland Firemen, horse-drawn fire trucks, a Portland Fire Department float in the Rose Parade and portraits of fireman Glenn N. Griffin and Grace Batchelor.

.02 cubic feet (8 photographs in 2 folders)

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6376374

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Portland (Or.).

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Portland, Oregon, began as a clearing on the west bank of the Willamette River in 1844. The new city was incorporated in 1851 and prospered because of its advantageous location near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers, among other factors. Its growth was spurred by flourishing agriculture in the Willamette Valley, the California gold rush, the Indian wars of the 1850s, and gold discoveries in eastern Oregon and Idaho in the 1860s. By the Civil War, Portland was the ...

Batchelor, Grace

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Johnson, Martin L., Mrs., collector.

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Griffin, Glenn N.

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